STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR A STEERING WHEEL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

摘要

The invention relates to a steering wheel assembly for a steering wheel of a motor vehicle, with a gas bag accommodated by a housing, which for the protection of a driver is inflatable by means of a gas generator, with a shiftably mounted carrier for accommodating the housing, which can be positioned in a rest position and at least one deflected position, and with at least one fastening device by means of which the carrier can shiftably be fixed at a steering wheel skeleton of the steering wheel. A spring biasing the carrier into the rest position is associated to the fastening device and the fastening device includes a guiding portion on which the carrier is shiftable against the force of the spring into the deflected position along a main shifting direction, along which the distance between the carrier and the steering wheel skeleton is reduced, wherein between the carrier and the guiding portion a clearance exists in a direction transverse to the main shifting direction. The guiding portion is designed such that the clearance varies along the main shifting direction, so that the clearance is smaller in the rest position of the carrier than in the deflected position of the carrier.

主权项

1. A steering wheel assembly for a steering wheel of a motor vehicle, comprising
a gas bag accommodated by a housing, which for the protection of a driver is inflatable by means of a gas generator, a shiftably mounted carrier for accommodating the housing, which can be positioned in a rest position and at least one deflected position, and at least one fastening device, by means of which the carrier is to be shiftably fixed at a steering wheel skeleton of the steering wheel, wherein a spring biasing the carrier into the rest position is associated to the fastening device and the fastening device includes a guiding portion on which the carrier is shiftable against the force of the spring into the deflected position along a main shifting direction, along which the distance between the carrier and the steering wheel skeleton is reduced, wherein between the carrier and the guiding portion a clearance exists in a direction transverse to the main shifting direction, wherein the guiding portion is designed such that the clearance varies along the main shifting direction, so that the clearance is smaller in the rest position of the carrier than in the deflected position of the carrier.